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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
You're putting up a straw man with this "the weak will always be exploited, so why do anything at all?" argument.
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Am I?
I've tried to elaborate it and ask for argumentation, but I've never quite understood how exactly is the financial system inherently so evil. I can't perceive it being any more evil than the people holding the power - which seems to be the case in very many historical events. It could be argued, that dictatorship as a form of governance isn't inherently evil or wrong or even bad - it's the dictator making it so. You would find thousands of academic economical papers on why say Bretton Woods was a failure, and why it doesn't work - and what are the issues in compared to a more modern system (touted "fiat money system" by the critics), but of course, this is all a part of a conspiracy.
It is very difficult to see the "real" problem with the banking system apart from greedy people and imperfect information - but these are universal issues that happen to have a very real meaning everywhere, be there banking system or not.